Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice shot, Nathan. Yes, Maria, the background is a bit "cluttered" and active, but backgrounds usually are in real life. The two figures are clearly dominant - the center of attention. And anything done to make that background even softer would look weird. B. D. Maira Egle wrote: > > The moment is captured all right, but the background still looks too > cluttered and active for me; even Noctilux provides too much of a depth of > field. > > M > > > Thanks Brian! I must admit that the three glasses are > > a pure coincidence, I had not noticed it until you > > mentioned them. What attracted me to the scene was the > > way in which these two guys were engrossed in their > > conversation. > > > > Nathan > > > > --- Brian McCarthy <straightline@btinternet.com> > > wrote: > Love that shot Nathan - even down to the > > symmetry of > > > the three glasses > > > between them. > > > > > > Brian McCarthy > > > brian@imagespace.co.uk > > > www.imagespace.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > This week's shot is a typical Leica picture: low > > > light, fast lens, fast > > > > film, no flash, the subjects unaware of being > > > photographed. These are > > > > two of my co-workers in a bar, shot with the M3 > > > and 50mm Summilux on > > > > Delta 3200. Exposure was f1.4 at either 1/30 or > > > 1/60 sec. > > > > > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/35.jpg > > > > > > > > The full PAW index is at > > > > > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/ > > > > > > > > and comments are always welcome and appreciated. > > > > > > > > Nathan > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > > > > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ > > > > General photo site: > > > http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > > > > Belgium photo site: > > > http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie